Box Score MONTGOMERY, Ala. – For the fifth season in a row, the No. 16 Valdosta State men's tennis team will be playing for the Gulf South Conference title as it downed No. 4-seed Lee Friday, 4-0.  The Blazers will face No. 2-seed West Florida for the automatic berth into the NCAA South Regional at 11 a.m. ET Saturday morning.
 
VSU won the doubles point at Nos. 2 and 3 as senior Jordi Mas and sophomore Florian Simbozel won, 6-1 at No. 2 and senior Xavi Pineda and freshman Robert Cizek won at No. 3, 6-2. 
 
Simbozel won at No. 2, 6-0, 7-5, while junior Yohan Nguyen won at No. 3, 6-3, 6-4 and junior Axel Holm won at No. 5, 7-5, 6-3 to clinch the match.  Results of the other matches were not readily available. 
 
VSU and UWF had a great match earlier in the year in Valdosta as VSU won 4-3, clinching on the final match in singles.  Pineda won at No. 4 as he downed Robin Rafaitin in straight-sets to tie the match at three.  Holm then provided the heroics as he battled back from a 6-4 loss in the opening set and won 7-6 in the second set.  He prevailed 6-4 in the third set for the upset win as VSU was ranked 39^th at the time and UWF was eighth in the ITA rankings.
 
Not only is this the fifth-straight year VSU has played in the conference championship match, but also the fifth-straight year against UWF as the teams are tied 2-2 during the span with VSU winning last season, 5-2.  Both teams have won 12 conference tournament championship in each program's history for the most of any in the league.  This marks the ninth-straight year UWF has made the championship match. 
 
VALDOSTA STATE 4 | LEE 0

SINGLES COMPETITION
2. Florian Simbozel (VSU) defeats Jesus Garcia Gil (LEE) 6-0, 7-5
3. Yohan Nguyen (VSU) defeats Antonio Pons (LEE) 6-3, 6-4
5. Axel Holm (VSU) defeats Daniel Prata (LEE) 7-5, 6-3

DOUBLES COMPETITION
2. Mas/Simbozel (VSU) defeat Garcia Gil/C. Pons (LEE) 6-1
3. Pineda/Cizek (VSU) defeat Prata/A. Pons (LEE) 6-2